Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
The race for the NZ Trotting Cup just heated up big time after Merlin’s outstanding win this afternoon in the Kaikoura Cup in near track record time. New Zealand’s reigning pacer of the year did it the hard way, coming from worse than mid-field at the 1000m to race around and sit outside former star […]
Fresh from tipping us 5 winners on Derby – she says it would have been 8 if three of her top tips weren’t scratched – the naked tipster Dr Georgia Whiting is back to help us tear the bookies apart on Cup Day. Here are her tips. The Doc has tipped the American dirt tracker […]
Until now it has been accepted by the Stewards, Appeals Panel and Tribunal that Levamisole is only detectable in a swab for less than a week. This elimination time for the drug is based on an otherwise unrecognized study of 3 horses conducted by the the Australian Racing Forensic Laboratory in collaboration with HRNSW, which […]
Half Yours was devastating in its Caulfield Cup win, and only goes up a half-kilo here to 53kg, which is incredibly light for a winner of that race. He only needs to stay to win. But can he? That’s the big question. His sire never went over further than a mile and a half, but […]
Sloys Company are a major owner in NSW harness racing. It’s a company run by the Xerri family. They’re not having a lot of luck with their trainers lately. First Michael Doltoff gets disqualified for 13 months over a bute positive. It was his sixth offence. Adam Ruggari takes over for a while but he […]
It looks like the ongoing problem with getting riders to meetings is about to hit Kumbia on Cup Day, with up to dozen horses likely to be scratched for want of a jockey to ride them. Only seven jockeys have been declared to ride at the meeting: Chloe Lowe, Les Tilley, Corey Bayliss, Brea Harrison […]
There were eight acceptances for the Open Handicap at Cairns yesterday. Five of them were horses owned by Tom Hedley. Two of the Hedley horses were scratched on Thursday shortly after it became clear that there were enough acceptances (min 5) to run the race. Another Hedley owned horse was pulled out of the race […]
Toowoomba race caller Anthony Collins has been kind enough to write in to explain the difficulties he faced during the call of race 3 at Toowoomba on Saturday, the main one being that the fog on the range was so thick that he couldn’t see the horses! That is fair call (pardon the pun it […]
The view from out the broadcast box at Toowoomba on Saturday night (pictured above) G’day Archie, It has come to my attention that you have “critiqued” the call of race two last night under trying circumstances at Toowoomba. To fill you in on a few details that need to be clarified; Last night’s “fog” was […]
(a) The Opening Night Ghost Town Gee that’s a great turnout for the opening night of the World Drivers Championship isn’t it? Brad Steele has done a fine job of drumming up interest and excitement about the series. Not. Brisbane’s Ultimate Drivers Challenge puts it to shame. Not because its a better series with better […]
